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climaxnoun a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occursthe climax of the story occurs when the hero discovers the identity of his father climacteric, corner, landmark, milepost, milestone, turning point, watershed break, capper, clincher, crusher, highlight, topperconversion, metamorphosis, transfiguration, transformation, turnabout, turnaroundboiling point, breaking point, clutch, conjuncture, crisis, crossroad(s), crunch, crunch time, Dunkirk, emergency, exigency, extremity, flash point, head, juncture, zero hour the highest part or pointthe climax of her career as a performer acme, apex, apogee, capstone, crescendo, crest, crown, culmination, head, height, high noon, high-water mark, meridian, ne plus ultra, noon, noontime, peak, pinnacle, sum, summit, tip-top, top, zenith bloom, blossom, flood tide, flower, glory, heyday, primecap, ceiling, roofextreme, extremity, tip, vertexhigh, highlight, highspot bottom, nadir, rock bottom abyss, base, footminimum to bring to a triumphant conclusionorganizers climaxed the county fair with a down and dirty pie-eating contest cap (off), crown, culminate complete, conclude, finish, round (off or out), terminate, wrap up n.summit, peak, pinnacle, climax, apex, acme, culmination mean the highest point attained or attainable.summit implies the topmost level attainable.at the summit of the Victorian social scene peak suggests the highest among other high points.an artist working at the peak of her powers pinnacle suggests a dizzying and often insecure height.the pinnacle of worldly success climax implies the highest point in an ascending series.the war was the climax to a series of hostile actions apex implies the point where all ascending lines converge.the apex of Dutch culture acme implies a level of quality representing the perfection of a thing.a statue that was once deemed the acme of beauty culmination suggests the outcome of a growth or development representing an attained objective.the culmination of years of effort ca. 1538 |